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Craving answers to our food cravings 26 Aug 2013 | 07:56 pm
I often find myself “craving” certain foods and doubt that I’m the only one. In fact, nearly 100% of women and 70% of men surveyed report the same thing. When we get a craving, we experience an intens...
Sleep: a trip to the “land of nod” 17 Jul 2013 | 09:43 pm
Apparently, we are meant to have an average of 7 to 8 hours of sleep every night and spend a third of our lives in the “land of nod.” But why is sleep so important?
The trajectory of a flying ball 9 Jul 2013 | 10:30 pm
Irregardless of whether an object is thrown or shot, it will follow the same trajectory: a parabola. Parabolas can be flatter or steeper depending upon the velocity and release angle of the object. It...
How Driving Speed Affects the Fuel Consumption 28 Jun 2013 | 08:19 am
When riding a bicycle or simply sitting outside enjoying a summer breeze, we can feel wind on our faces. The wind we feel is the air flowing around us. This air flow results in air friction and thus a...
The Sunny Story Behind Vitamin D 24 Jun 2013 | 08:20 pm
Who among us doesn’t relish the chance to get out in the sun and “soak up the rays”? Well it turns out this enjoyable pastime may actually be essential to our health. Scientists have found that vitami...
Vistas of Many Worlds: A Journey Through Space and Time, by Erik Anderson - Review 30 Mar 2013 | 08:21 pm
In his book, Erik Anderson gives a brief introduction to astronomy, planetary science and the history of the world. He portrays our solar system, the universe, creation and life cycles of stars very a...
The Joy of x: A Guided Tour of Math, from One to Infinity, by Steven H. Strogatz - Book Review 7 Mar 2013 | 08:18 pm
This book is a collection of short articles which covers a huge spectrum of math. It really is a guided tour of math. It starts very simply by explaining some basic concepts of math, and moves toward ...
Why Cats Land on Their Feet: And 76 Other Physical Paradoxes and Puzzles, by Mark Levi - Book Review 29 Jan 2013 | 08:42 pm
This is the worst book I have ever read! I have never seen so many physics errors condensed into just one book. I made my own puzzle to find some sections with non-erroneous physics, and that was the ...
What is so super about superconductors? 25 Jan 2013 | 07:47 pm
As Michio Kaku puts it in Physics of the Future, superconductors have the potential to “set off another industrial revolution.” Our society is surrounded by the whir and buzz of technology, from cell ...
What’s living in your fridge? 16 Jan 2013 | 10:26 pm
At the end of my freshman year of college I got stuck with the task of cleaning out a refrigerator I’d shared with three other students equally ill-equipped to handle the dizzying freedom of a parent-...
